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Texas AG Paxton's Travel Security Cost Taxpayers Millions
Original: Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
An investigation by ProPublica finds Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, with security costing taxpayers $3.3 million. Only 138 of those trips, about one in six, could be linked to stated state business, accounting for roughly $553,000 of the security spending. Critics are seizing on the findings as evidence of questionable use of public funds by the state's top lawyer.
Why now: The report raises fresh concerns about Paxton's use of taxpayer money amid his ongoing scrutiny over ethics and conduct in office.
Ken PaxtonTexas Attorney General's OfficeProPublica
Evidence
- Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. · ProPublica
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
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